Which of the following is not an example of a leading question?

Which of the following is not an example of a leading question?

• A. How do you feel about Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States?
• B. Do you approve of the current administration's handling of the economy?
• C. Should the government increase spending on education?
• D. Do you think the candidate's experience makes them the best choice?

Answer: (A)

Leading questions bias responses by embedding assumptions or steering you toward a preferred answer. The prompt about Hillary Clinton as the next president asks for your feelings about that scenario without pushing you toward a specific conclusion or endorsement. It presents a hypothetical situation and invites any reaction—positive, negative, or mixed—based on your own views, rather than nudging you to agree or disagree with a particular outcome. The other phrasings press you toward a stance. Asking for approval of how the current administration handles the economy implies there is a definite evaluation to make and nudges you to take a side. Questioning whether the government should increase spending on education frames a policy choice and implicitly favors a direction in which government spending should go. Asking whether a candidate’s experience makes them the best choice presupposes that experience is a decisive factor and nudges you to view that factor favorably.

Leading questions bias responses by embedding assumptions or steering you toward a preferred answer. The prompt about Hillary Clinton as the next president asks for your feelings about that scenario without pushing you toward a specific conclusion or endorsement. It presents a hypothetical situation and invites any reaction—positive, negative, or mixed—based on your own views, rather than nudging you to agree or disagree with a particular outcome.

The other phrasings press you toward a stance. Asking for approval of how the current administration handles the economy implies there is a definite evaluation to make and nudges you to take a side. Questioning whether the government should increase spending on education frames a policy choice and implicitly favors a direction in which government spending should go. Asking whether a candidate’s experience makes them the best choice presupposes that experience is a decisive factor and nudges you to view that factor favorably.